Chapter 558 Chen Bing Beiping Pass
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On the fifth day of the eighth month of the fifteenth year of Weihou.
The decisive battle that entrusted the hopes of the military and civilians in Yanshan ended on this day with a defeat, which also means that the entire Yanshan Mountain is in danger at this time.
The main force of the Wei army, who fought against the Huns, rushed to Jingbei City after being defeated. He was chased by the Huns along the way, and finally only had more than 20,000 people following Chen Wanyun back.
Only 20,000 people returned from the battle, but in fact less than 10,000 people died in battle, and the other 10,000 fell behind and were disbanded on the way to escape.
Not only did the army suffer heavy losses, but one of the five cavalry generals in Lingbei Camp also died in the battle formation. This is the second general who suffered losses in Lingbei Camp in two years.
Although the Wei army was defeated, after the arrival of the cavalry reinforced by the Wu'an camp, the Huns did not dare to really attack Jingbei City, but only stationed heavy troops outside Jingbei City.
In addition to being intimidated by the reinforcements of the Wei army, another reason was that the Xiongnu headquarters suffered heavy losses, and the four headquarters' 10,000 cavalry also lost nearly 5,000 people.
If the two headquarters of the Great Wall were excluded from the Great Wall, it would be very difficult for the Huns to maintain absolute force among the various divisions within the Great Wall.
You should know that as the Xiongnu's confidant, the Donghu tribe did not suffer much losses in this battle. Its military strength has now surpassed the four headquarters of the Xiongnu's 10,000 cavalry within the Great Wall.
In view of this situation, the Xiongnu sent the Donghu people outside Jingbei City, one to transfer the Donghu, and the other to still put strong pressure on the Wei army.
Just when they were frightened in Jingbei City, a letter came from the Xiongnu...
This letter was sent by Qu and Shanyu, and there was only one meaning in it, that was, to ask the State of Wei to take out 500,000 stones of grain, 200,000 jin of copper, 10,000 pieces of cloth, and 10,000 jin of salt...
The Huns had a very big appetite. Not to mention the devastated Yanshan Mountain, even the entire Wei Kingdom could not take it out for a while.
The Huns also threatened in the letter that if they were not prepared within five days, they would send more troops to attack Jingbei.
These words made all the great masters in Jingbei even more angry. The Huns had no sincerity to talk about conditions, and these conditions were not something that Yanshan could do.
Just when the county magistrate Jiang Shixun was about to send someone to kill the Hun envoy, he was stopped by the general from Wu'an beside him.
This general is nothing but an old acquaintance of Wei Wuji, who recommended Chen Zhan to him.
Faced with the aggressive situation of the Huns, Han Xiaoling remained calm and told Jiang Shixun that he could send people to continue negotiations with the Huns to delay time.
Because the reinforcements sent by Xiangping Camp had already entered Guangyang County at this time, they could reach Yanshan in less than two days.
Therefore, the Jingbei side still sent people to negotiate with the Xiongnu to gain time for the mobilization of the Wei army.
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Outside the Great Wall, when Wei Wuji learned that Chen Wanyun was defeated in the Great Wall, he was so angry that he wanted to scold this old guy to death.
The situation was already pretty good, but it suddenly collapsed to such a state. Although reinforcements from the Wu'an camp helped to stabilize the situation, it still weakened Yanshan's troops.
It is basically impossible to replenish Lingbei Camp in less than two or three years, and it is not to mention that astronomical money is involved.
In the simple military tent outside the Beiping Pass, Wei Wuji looked at Zhang Xian and Chen Zhan in the lower head, and asked: "Huns the livestock of the Huns have not been found yet? Although the grassland is large, it is really so difficult to find?"
Faced with Wei Wuji's questioning, Zhang Xian and Chen Zhan immediately lowered their heads.
Although the Hanoi grassland is small, it is also compared to the big grasslands such as the Tianbei grassland. However, dozens of scouts are really looking for a needle in a haystack.
"Young Master, although our scouts have been sent out, they will also be attacked by Huns. We can't go to many places!" Chen Zhan replied with bowed.
Chen Zhan is telling the truth. The Huns have been strictly guarding against their people and are monitoring them with large troops.
Yes, not far from Wei Wuji, there were two full-packed Xiongnu horsemen watching.
However, Wei Wuji attacked several times to fight with him, but the two Huns' cavalry retreated and did not fight. However, after Wei Wuji brought his men back, he came back again.
Wei Wuji has no choice but to use these people. They are just sticking to him, but they just won’t fight you anyway.
"I'll order the entire army to go south thirty miles and cut off the supply of the Huns first!" Wei Wuji said cruelly.
This puzzled Chen Zhan and the others. Now that the Huns are victorious, although the supply of cutters has a certain inhibitory effect on them, what if someone is rushing their troops to attack?
"Young Master, be careful!" Chen Zhan said carefully.
After several major wars, they did not suffer any losses. In addition to the reduction of heavy cavalry personnel, the total losses of Chen Zhan and Zhang Xian's troops were 500.
If the troops were again placed at Beiping Pass, if they were surrounded by heavy troops of the Huns, they might suffer even greater losses.
Faced with Chen Zhan's reminder, Wei Wuji said: "If we do not put pressure on the Huns at this time, then they will cause trouble in Yanshan Mountain at will. After they have gained enough benefits, wouldn't they let them become stronger?"
"Also, our supplies will soon be unable to keep up in a few days. Isn't the quickest way to get supplies to snatch them from the enemy?" Wei Wuji said with a smile.
He believed that even with the local food and grass support from Yanshan, once the retreat of Beiping Pass was blocked, the Huns would definitely send heavy troops to rescue the siege.
In this way, Yanshan's pressure will be much less and it will be more convenient for their defense.
Of course, what Wei Wuji said about obtaining supplies from the Huns was also the reason why he made the decision. After all, those beef, mutton and cheese were the best military rations.
So, with Wei Wuji's military order, the entire Wei army cavalry started to move and headed straight towards Beiping Pass.
As usual, the two headquarters of Wei Wuji who monitored Wei Wuji retreated at the same time, and they retreated as much as Wei Wuji advanced.
On the afternoon of the ninth day of the eighth month, Wei Wuji and his party rushed to twenty miles outside of Beiping Pass. No team entering and leaving Beiping Pass could escape the eyes of Wei's army.
It can be said that Wei Wuji's move was very amazing. Qu and Shanyu, who received the news in the Beiping Pass, immediately had the urge to curse.
Finally, the situation was biased towards himself again, but the guy outside the Great Wall was not worry-free, but now, except for the two ten thousand cavalry in the headquarters outside the Great Wall, Qu and Shanyu had no other troops to mobilize.
The other ten thousand cavalry of the headquarters, the cavalry of Ji Yan's troops and the Hei Shui troops, were besieging various cities that the Wei army relied on, and forcing the Wei people to bow their heads.
In fact, Qu and Shanyu did not intend to pay attention to Wei Wuji. Although livestock outside the Beiping Pass could not be transported in, the storage in the Beiping Pass could make the Huns last for several months.
For Qu and Shanyu, this war must be defeated by the Wei people before they can let go, otherwise even if they grab more things, they will not be afraid of you.
However, two days after the news of Wei Wuji's military campaign outside the Beiping Pass spread, Qu and Shanyu received more than a dozen letters, all sent by the commanders of the ten thousand cavalry of each tribe and the leaders of the tribe.
Chapter completed!